Transparent flexible venetian blind enclosure



June 10, 1952 R. suTz 2,600,083

TRANSPARENT FLEXIBLE VENETIAN BLIND ENcLosuRE l Filed June 17, 1949 BY J2I/AZL/ENTOR.

Patented June l0, 1952 UNITED STATES PAT TRANSPARENT FLEXIBLE VENETIAN BLIND ENCLosURE Roy Sutz, Chicago, Ill.vv

Application June 17, 1949, serial No. 99,778.

1 claim. (cl. 16o- 34) This invention relates to certain new and! useful improvements in transparent flexible Venetian blind enclosures.

The invention has for its object, the provision of an enclosure in the form of a transparent envelope adapted to enclose the slats of a Venetian blind and the supports for such slats to protect the same from the deposit of dirt, dust and the like, the envelope being of a material such as will fold and extend itself with the raising and lowering of the blind.

Ancillary to the foregoing object is the provision of a simple arrangement for connecting the envelope in enclosing position with respect to the Venetian blind by detachably suspending the envelope from the main tilting or supporting bar of the blind.

Yet another object of the invention is the provision of a simplified arrangement for attaching the bottom portion of the enclosure to the bottom rail of the Venetian blind whereby the enclosure will be caused to move with the Venetian blind when the latter is raised and in this movement will assume an accordion formation with respect to the Venetian blind.

Yet another and equally important object of the invention is the provision of an enclosure for the purposes hereinafter described which is not only transparent and flexible but also washable.

Other objects Will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a Venetian blind showing my improved enclosure associated therewith;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same removed from the Venetian blind;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective View showing a method of detachably connecting the enclosure in enclosing position with respect to the Venetian blind; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view similar to that shown in Fig. 3 but showing a modified form of construction.

The drawing illustrates the preferred form of construction of my invention by which the several objects of the same are accomplished.

One of the most difficult tasks of a housewife is to maintain the slats or bars of a Venetian blind clean, this in the main being due to the relatively small space between the slats which makes it difcult to move or operate acle'anin'g member between such slats. While my invention is not related to any method of cleaning the blind slats, it has for its principal object the provision of a simplified construction for protecting the blind from dustand dirt, thereby reducing the cleaning of the blind to aminimum. This object I accomplish Without in any way altering or modifying the blind construction.

In thisconnection I provide an enclosure in the form of a box-like envelope II) having an open top II. I preferably form this envelope of any suitable or well-known transparent washable material, preferably a transparent plastic material well-known in the plastic art.

The envelope I0 is substantially exible. The Venetian blind assembly I2 is adapted to be enclosed in the envelope I0 with the bottom rail I3 resting upon the bottom I4 of the envelope I0. The bottom portion of the envelope I0 is detachably connected to the bottom rail I3 of the blind assembly I2 by any suitable spring clips I5 of U-shaped formation.

The envelope I0 at one top edge I6 thereof is provided with a plurality of straps I'I which are adapted to extend over the tilting bar I8 of the Venetian blind assembly I 2. The ends I9 of these straps are detachably connected to the opposite edge 20 of the envelope IIJ by means of any wellknown snap fasteners 2 I.

By this method of attachment, my envelope IIJ may be detachably supported from the tilting bar of the blind Without changing the structure in any Way whatsoever.

By use of attaching clips such as I5, the envelope when attached to the bottom rail I3 of the blind assembly will assume an accordion formation when the Venetian blind is raised by the raising cord 22. As the envelope is flexible, when the slats are tilted by the tilting cord 23 it will not interfere in any way with such tilting operation.

The simple method of attaching the envelope in enclosing position with respect to the Venetian blind assembly permits the housewife to readily remove the envelope for washing or cleaning purposes: The envelope when enclosing the blind assembly protects the slats and other portions of the blind from dirt and the like. I

The housewife may employ the envelope ID to protect the Venetian blind from dust and dirt at all times and on special occasions when it is not desirable to have the blind enclosed by an envelope, she may with a minimum degree of effort remove the latter.

In Fig. 4, instead of employing the straps l1 and snap fasteners 2 l for connecting the envelope to the tilting bar I8 I provide in the adjacent edges 24 of the envelope i0' eyelets 25 and thread through these eyelets a cord 26, the ends of which are tied together as at 21.

The utility of my invention and its simplicity are apparentfrom the foregoing4 disclosure.

WhileI: have? illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not'wisiitiltable bar and abo'ttom railtogether with means:

for raisingisaid bottom rail' relative to the tiltable bar, comprising a transparent'flexibleA envelope of' box-like formation having, an upper portion pro.- viding` an open top andofalength to. enclose the blind when in an extended condition, means at the open top of the envelope for detachably connecting the upper portion thereof to the tiltable bar, and means for detachably connecting the bottom portion of the envelope to the enclosed bottom rail to afford cooperating tiltable connection to said bottom rail when said Venetian blind is tilted and. to eiect an accordionv formation of the envelope when said Venetian blind is in a raised condition, said last-named means comprising one or more spring clips.

ROY SUTZ.

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